Kevin Foote has made only minor tweaks to his Junior Springboks squad for Sunday's U20 Rugby Championship match against Australia in Gqeberha. Specific selection details remain unavailable at this stage.
Junior Springboks coach Kevin Foote has kept his squad largely unchanged for Sunday's U20 Rugby Championship fixture against Australia in Gqeberha.
Beyond confirming the conservative approach to selection, further details of the specific personnel changes have not been disclosed in available reporting.
The Junior Springboks will host Georgia, Fiji, and Chile in a three-match-day U20 International Series at City Park in Cape Town from 21 to 31 May. Coach Kevin Foote will use the series to give his full wider squad game time and sharpen combinations before the Junior World Championship defence in Georgia at the end of June. South Africa and Georgia are in the same JWC pool, lending added significance to the 31 May fixture.
Junior Springbok captain Riley Norton insists Saturday's U20 Rugby Championship finale against New Zealand is no dead rubber, with breakdown improvement the key focus as the log-leading Baby Boks chase a clean sweep at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.
The Junior Springboks need a bonus point against New Zealand on Saturday to clinch the U20 Rugby Championship title, after a rules miscommunication led to SA Rugby prematurely declaring them champions. South Africa lead the standings on 10 points, five clear of both New Zealand and Argentina.
The Junior Boks have not clinched the 2026 U20 Rugby Championship title despite premature celebrations — a Sanzaar bonus-point rule change that went uncommunicated to key stakeholders has left South Africa, on 10 points, needing one more point from the final round to confirm the title, with Argentina and New Zealand both on five.
Catch all the highlights from the Junior Boks' second round victory over Australia in the U20 Rugby Championship at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Gqeberha on Sunday, 03 May 2026.